Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Twin Chapel (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Twin Chapel. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County.
To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Muscogee County: Lee (AL), Russell (AL), Chattahoochee, Harris & Talbot.
Below are the counties that are near Twin Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Twin Chapel:
- Muscogee County (The home county of Twin Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Chapel, with the one closest to Twin Chapel listed first.
- Glenns
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Fortson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maridale Estates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Lincoln Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Bibb City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Hilton Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Columbus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Edgewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Wynnton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wynnton is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnton
- Branton Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- Midland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Saint Marys Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Marys Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 18,567 people
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Chapel, with the one closest to Twin Chapel listed first.
- Fort Benning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ochillee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Central Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Cusseta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ida Vesper
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Chapel, with the one closest to Twin Chapel listed first.
- Cataula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ellerslie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Hamilton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly Hall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Pine Mountain Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainbrook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Shiloh
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Chapel, with the one closest to Twin Chapel listed first.
- Juniper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Glen Alta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Chapel, with the one closest to Twin Chapel listed first.
- Warm Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Chalybeate Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Chapel, with the one closest to Twin Chapel listed first.
- Louvale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Omaha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Chapel, with the one closest to Twin Chapel listed first.
- Box Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Geneva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Talbotton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Belleview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Woodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Taylor County
- Norwich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Norwich is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Chapel, with the one closest to Twin Chapel listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- West Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North West Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Chapel, with the one closest to Twin Chapel listed first.
- Osanippa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- River View
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Huguley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Plant City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Cusseta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lanett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Boyds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boyds is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Chapel, with the one closest to Twin Chapel listed first.
- Smith's Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Bleecker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Blanton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Prince Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Salem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chewacla
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chewacla is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewacla
- Beauregard
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Beauregard is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Marvyn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Marvyn is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvyn
- Opelika
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gwen Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Auburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- The Bottle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- The Bottle is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bottle
- Macon County (AL)
- Society Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Society Hill is located in Macon County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Twin Chapel, with the one closest to Twin Chapel listed first.
- Phenix City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Ladonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Crawford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Fort Mitchell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hugley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hugley is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugley
- Oswichee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oswichee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswichee
- Seale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Trinity
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Holy Trinity is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity
- Loflin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Loflin is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loflin
- Hatchechubbee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchechubbee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchechubbee
- Pittsview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cottonton is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Twin Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Twin Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Twin Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Twin Chapel.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Twin Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Twin Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Twin Chapel, with the one closest to Twin Chapel listed first.
- Water Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mealing Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Biggers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Greater Beallwood Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pierce Chapel African American Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Parkhill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Parkhill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Columbus.
- The Parkhill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Park Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36127 <2>
- Richardson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Memory Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Memory Gardens
- The Lakeview Memory Gardens has also been known as:
- Lake View Memory Gardens
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Linwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crawford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (275 more) ...
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rock Baptist Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Cataula.
- The Rock Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rehoboth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36568 <2>
- Bingham Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Twin Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Twin Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Twin Chapel, with the one closest to Twin Chapel listed first.
- Fortson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Acton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Flat Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Mulberry Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- Smith's Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Girard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Girard is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Schatulga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Schatulga is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schatulga
- Muscogee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Muscogee is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscogee
- Midland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cataula
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bayard ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bayard is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ladonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Esquiline ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Esquiline is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esquiline
- Ellerslie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Twin Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Twin Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Twin Chapel ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Twin Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Twin Chapel, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Twin Chapel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Twin Chapel:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Muscogee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Harris County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Stewart County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Troup County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Macon County
- Russell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Twin Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Twin Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |